Celestial Cinema takes form

June 12, 2013

Village Audio staffers Ashton Bailey (first photo, left) and James Moala unload sound equipment to set up behind the curtain of the Maui Film Festival's Celestial Cinema on the Wailea Gold and Emerald Course driving range Tuesday afternoon. The 14th annual festival is scheduled to start today, with films to be presented in Wailea and at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center's Castle Theater in Kahului. The festival continues through Sunday with other venues including the Seaside Cinema located between the Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea and the Grand Wailea. Award ceremonies throughout the festival will honor actresses Jessica Chastain, Kirsten Dunst and Brie Larson, as well the late big-wave surfer and legendary lifeguard Eddie Aikau, who was born on Maui, and Nainoa Thompson, navigator of Hokule'a. Screenings begin at 2 p.m. at the Castle Theater and 8:10 p.m. at the Celestial Cinema today. For more information, call the film festival headquarters at 579-9244 or visit www.mauifilmfestival.com.